Public can weigh in on land transfer for Sounds ballpark

Rendering of Sulphur Dell looking down 4th Avenue

The public will have a chance to weigh in on the proposed transfer of state land to Metro for a new Nashville baseball stadium when a key state panel meets Monday.

The State Building Commission's executive subcommittee is scheduled to discuss the land transaction at 10:30 a.m. in Hearing Room 30 at Legislative Plaza. The state announced Thursday that there will be an opportunity for public comment - perhaps the only one throughout the process - before the subcommittee votes on the deal.

Mayor Karl Dean wants the state to transfer 13 acres of land north of downtown to the city so it can build a stadium for the Nashville Sounds at the historic Sulphur Dell baseball site. In exchange, Metro would pay $18 million for a new 1,000-space parking garage for state employees near Bicentennial Capitol Mall. The city also would pay $5 million for a future underground parking garage below a state library and archives facility planned in the same area.

Finally, Metro would acquire the state-owned, 28-acre Tennessee Preparatory School property in south Davidson County where the city already operates Nashville School of the Arts.

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Public can weigh in on land transfer for Sounds ballpark

The public will have a chance to weigh in on the proposed transfer of state land to Metro for a new Nashville baseball stadium when a key state panel meets Monday.